Beyond questionable spendthrift ways of this city council, committing millions for a new city hall after funding other superfluous capital projects, perhaps the most tragic aspect is the disrespect this project will garner from the outside world.

I don’t know about impossible, but given that it’s taken almost 20 years to churn out five instalments of this series – something the early Bond franchise managed in six years, and the 1960s M:I TV show in just six weeks – these missions are certainly a lot of work